You might have noticed that every time you turn on your TV in the morning, you find lots of channels giving various tips, advices and tricks of reducing weights. They give various weight loss plans to their viewers. All of them claim that their weight loss plan is a new miracle of science that can bring desirable results within a week or two.

By using most of these plans, you can certainly lose something; your money, nothing else. The only thing you are likely to lose after following their plan is your own money. On the other hand, there are many weight loss plans that require almost no money to spend and can guarantee desirable effects but at these weight loss plans require commitment and an optimistic approach.

You have to be self-motivated because no one can force you towards following a weight loss plan. You have to do it for your own self. No matter which weight loss plan do you follow, one thing is for sure; you can't get instant results; you have to show patience and one day you will have your desired results. If you show a decent attitude towards your goal and you move in the right direction then you will surely reach your goal. There are many weight loss plans that you can use to reach your goal, out of these, 3 most common weight loss plans are discussed below:

Low Carbohydrates

One of the most common weight loss plans is to reduce the amount of carbohydrates that you take. This plan works for many people. There are many diet plans available today that claim to be less in carbohydrates like the famous Atkins diet. The plan demands you to reduce as much carbohydrates from your diet as you can. However you should note that the plans says Low Carbohydrates, it doesn't says No Carbohydrates.

You can get carbohydrates from various fresh fruits as well. You can eat those fruits and vegetables. What you should cut out from your diet is excessive breads and grains that usually cause weight gain. This plan is really great and it has worked for many people. One important consideration is that you should always see to it that you don't gain weight after losing it. For that you should always restrict carbohydrates in your diet.

Low Fat Diet

One of the most effective weight loss plans is to reduce or eliminate fat from your diet. Although it is very difficult to cut off complete fat from your diet straight away but if you can manage to gradually remove fat from your diet, it means that you will have a newer you after couple of months. You will reach your goal within a span of few months. This plan has worked for the majority of people who have tried it at least. If you are willing to follow this plan, then make sure that you never touch a diet that contains more than 10 grams of fat. Consult a nutritionist to get a better picture of all foods along with their fat contents. What you have to do is to calculate the amount of fat your diet contains and restrict yourself to the diet that contains less than 10 grams of fat.

By following this plan, you will intake less calories which will make sure that you won't gain obesity and if this weight loss plan is accompanied by regular physical exercises then it means that you are eating fewer calories and burning more calories; which would result in weight loss. Some people do say that this plan doesn't work since it allows you to eat everything that is low in fat, however, this plan has worked more than any other plan so you should at least give it a try for few months and then conclude whether it was a practical and effective plan or not.

Low Calorie Diet

Another weight loss plan is to have a low calorie diet. We know that most of the time the amount of calories that we intake is far more than the amount of calories that we burn everyday because of lack of exercises and other activities that helps in burning the calories. So another solution would be to have a low calorie diet. You can easily get diet charts or can easily consult a nutritionist that can tell you how many calories you should intake daily in order to sustain your current weight.

The calculation mainly depends upon your activity levels. However, mostly this amount is calculated by multiplying your weight by 13 to 15 and then subtracts 500. This formula will give you the amount of calories that you should intake everyday to sustain your current weight. This plan works really well provided that you include healthy exercises in your weight loss plan as well.

All of the above mentioned weight loss plans really work as long as you show commitment and enthusiasm. You have to adhere to these plans for a longer period of time to get sustainable results.